Trish Johnson

Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English professional golfer.

For the singer of a similar name, see Ruder Than You. For other people of this name, see Patricia Johnson (disambiguation).
Trish Johnson
Johnson during 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full namePatricia Mary Johnson
Born (1966-01-17) 17 January 1966
Bristol, England
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nationality England
Career
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins27
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Ladies European Tour19 (T3rd all-time)
Other5
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT8: 1993
Women's PGA C'ship8th/T8: 1993, 1997
U.S. Women's Open10th: 1998
du Maurier ClassicT3: 1991
Women's British OpenT19: 2001
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2014
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		1987
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit		1990

Amateur career

Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985 she was England Amateur Champion, England Strokeplay Champion and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986 she represented GB & I in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup, where she won maximum points.[1][2]

Professional career

Johnson turned professional in March 1987. She won three tournaments in her first year as a professional and was Rookie of Year on the Ladies European Tour in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall, she has won 18 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour and has finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit on thirteen occasions, including second places in 2000 and 2004 when she won the 2004 Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open.[3] Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open.[4]

Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour Qualifying School to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the US-based LPGATour. She won the 1993 Las Vegas LPGA tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship. Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic.[5]

She was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, and 2007 and teamed with Laura Davies to represent England at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf.[6]

Senior career

Johnson has won four tournaments in the Legends Tour, including the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship in 2017.

Professional wins (26)

Ladies European Tour wins (19)

LPGA Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 4 Apr 1993 Las Vegas LPGA −7 (71-71-67=209) 4 strokes Missie McGeorge
2 18 Apr 1993 Atlanta Women's Championship −6 (72-72-68-70=282) 2 strokes Sherri Steinhauer
3 29 Sep 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic −18 (67-71-68-64=270) 3 strokes Kim Saiki

Other wins (1)

this list may be incomplete

  • 1992 World Team Championship (individual)

Legends Tour wins (4)

Ladies European Tour career summary
YearEarningsOrder of Merit
rank		Average
1987 £35,718 5
1988 £2,110 90
1989 £11,631 36
1990 £83,043 1
1991 £18,155 19
1992 £51,805 4
1993 £17,451 17
1994 £31,309 15
1995 £52,464 7
1996 £80,333 3
1997 £45,742 9 72.40
1998 £73,190 4 72.13
1999 £117,213.96 4 70.86
2000 €115,131.17 2 71.93
2001 €66,042.79 16 72.71
2002 €36,010.60 27 73.71
2003 €89,065.52 9 71.73
2004 €160,051.42 2 71.82
2005 €116,190.21 9 71.91
2006 €72,288.12 24
2007 €202,467.75 4
2008 €67,782.36 34
2009 €46,566.67 40
2010 €139,924.93 9
2011 €30,838.93 71
2012 €124,438.10 10
2013 €50,054.59 44
2014 €92,607.33 17

Yellow for top-10 finishes, green for first.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W-L-H		Singles
W-L-H		Foursomes
W-L-H		Fourballs
W-L-H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 25 5–13–7 1–7–0 2–4–2 2–2–5 8.5 34%
1990 3 0–3–0 0–1–0 lost to P. Bradley 8&7 0–1–0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 5&4 0–1–0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 2&1 0 0%
1992 3 1–1–1 1–0–0 def P. Sheehan 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/F.Descampe 1dn 0–0–1 halved w/F.Descampe 1.5 50%
1994 3 0–3–0 0–1–0 lost to B. Daniel 1dn 0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 2dn 0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 3&2 0 0%
1996 4 2–1–1 0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2 1–0–0 won w/L. Davies 4&3 1–0–1 won w/L. Davies 6&5, halved w/A. Sorenstam 2.5 62.5%
1998 2 0–2–0 0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2 0–1–0 lost w/L. Davies 3&1 0 0%
2000 4 2–1–1 0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 2&1 1–0–1 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2, halved w/S. Gustafson 1–0–0 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2 2.5 62.5%
2005 3 0–1–2 0–1–0 lost to P.Hurst 2&1 0–0–1 halved w/S. Gustafson 0–0–1 halved w/I. Tinning 1 33.3%
2007 3 0–1–2 0–1–0 lost to A.Stanford 3&2 0–0–2 halved w/L. Davies, halved w/I. Tinning 1 33.3%

See also

Notes and references
  1. "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  2. "1986 Curtis Cup Match". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  3. Martin Park (15 August 2005). "Johnson wins in spectacular style in Wales". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  4. Bethan Cutler (15 August 2007). "Johnson triumphs in Italy". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  5. "Tournament Chronology 1990–1999" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  6. "Women's World Cup of Golf:Final Results". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
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